Translations for „shell-shock“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

shell-shock N a. fig inf

shell-shock

wstrząs m (spowodowany przeżyciami wojennymi)

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It was clear from the outset that the population in the affected areas had entered a state of shell-shock.

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Although not mortally wounded, he enters a state of shell-shock and dies.

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Whether a shell-shock sufferer was considered wounded or sick depended on the circumstances.

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Large numbers of soldiers who managed to survive the horrors of the trenches came home with a new condition -- shell-shock.

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There were so many manifestations of psychological reaction to war that everyone got classed as shell-shock.

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They don't allow the depression and shell-shock of a sudden breakup to drain from their lymphatic system organically.

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There was considerable suffering with shell-shock.

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He blamed shell-shock from the war.

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Witnesses of his 1960s concerts speak in awe of experiencing something between shell-shock and religious revelation.

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It seemed to shell-shock the red jerseys who really never got going.

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